TCBI 1, 142 (P382394)

Administrative tablet excavated in Adab (mod. Bismaya), dated to the Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) period and now kept in Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy

Cite

Photo

Museum Collection(s)

Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy

Museum Number

BdI 2, 047a

Period

Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Provenience

Adab (mod. Bismaya)

Artifact Type

Tablet

Material(s)

Clay

Genre / Subgenre(s)

Administrative

Language(s)

Measurements

Text

tablet
obverse
column 1
1. [...] tug2 nig2-lam2# usz-bar
2. ki-la2-bi [...]
3. [...] bar-dul5 usz-bar#
4. ki-la2-bi [...]
5. [ma]-ma#-um-mi
6. [n tug2 nig2]-lam2# [usz-bar]
rest broken
column 2
broken
reverse
column 1
beginning broken
1'. x-x-[...]
2'. ki-la2#-[bi]
rest broken
column 2
beginning broken
1'. [...] tug2 nig2-lam2 usz-bar
2'. ki#-la2-bi
3'. me-nigar-ta

Consult previous versions and their differences
Consult sign list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)
Consult word list of Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC)

Text content

Genre(s)	Administrative
Language(s)

Chronology

Period	Old Akkadian (ca. 2340-2200 BC) Middle Sargonic
Dates Referenced
Accounting Period

Record

CDLI number	P382394
LOD URI	https://cdli.network/entity/P382394

Physical information

Artifact type	Tablet
Dimensions
Weight
Material(s)	Clay
Preservation

Provenance

Provenience	Adab (mod. Bismaya)
Written In
Archive
Excavation Number
Findspot
Stratigraphic Level
Elevation

Collections

Collection(s)	Banca d'Italia, Rome, Italy
Museum Number	BdI 2, 047a
Accession Number

References

primary: TCBI 1, 142

[Pomponio2006TCBI1] Pomponio, Francesco, Aage Westenholz, and Giuseppe Visicato. 2006. Le Tavolette Cuneiformi Di Adab Delle Collezioni Della Banca d’Italia. 1. Roma: Banca d’Italia.
history: CUSAS 26, 106

[Westenholz2014CUSAS26] Westenholz, Aage. 2014. A Third-Millennium Miscellany of Cuneiform Texts. Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology (CUSAS), Volume 26. Bethesda, Maryland: CDL Press.

Revisions and credits

Created	Creator	Type	Authors	Reviewer	Status
2022-10-01 at 07:29:18	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Artifact metadata	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Pagé-Perron, Émilie	Approved
2012-11-16 at 12:05:31	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2011-08-21 at 22:26:17	Brumfield, Sara	Transliteration	Brumfield, Sara	CDLI, CDLI	Approved
2008-02-13 at 00:00:00	CDLI, CDLI	Artifact metadata	CDLI, CDLI	CDLI, CDLI	Approved

Cite this Artifact

“TCBI 1, 142 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P382394.

TCBI 1, 142 artifact entry (No. P382394). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P382394 (Original work published 2008)

TCBI 1, 142 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P382394 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P382394},
}

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Cite this Artifact

“TCBI 1, 142 Artifact Entry.” (2008) 2022. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). October 1, 2022. https://cdli.earth/P382394.

TCBI 1, 142 artifact entry (No. P382394). (2022, October 1). Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). https://cdli.earth/P382394 (Original work published 2008)

TCBI 1, 142 artifact entry (2022) Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). Available at: https://cdli.earth/P382394 (Accessed: October 24, 2026).

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2026-10-24]},
	year = {2022},
	month = {oct 1},
	title = {TCBI 1, 142 artifact entry},
	url = {https://cdli.earth/P382394},
	howpublished = {https://cdli.earth/P382394},
}

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